you think so? given the random hardships thy've faced, i'd say this year's class A is much further along in their training than UA first years usually are.
maybe it's also developed their teamwork more than the average UA second years who come to get their provisional licenses. if UA puts out exceptional individuals but doesn't often foster high-scale teamwork, then of course they'd lose after being consistently ganged up on. after all, even the dorm system s a brand new implementation. this class sticks together better because they've been in more unexpected life-or-death scrapes as a group